What are the important events that happened on May 5? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 5: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 5 is the 126th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 240 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 22, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 476,352 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaicosahexagon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 269 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,153 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 5 Historical Events
- 553 –The Second Council of Constantinople begins.
- 1809 –Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
- 1809 –The Swiss canton of Aargau denies citizenship to Jews.
- 1835 –In Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opens between Brussels and Mechelen.
- 1860 –Giuseppe Garibaldi sets sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy.
- 1866 –Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York.
- 1925 –The government of South Africa declares Afrikaans an official language
- 1936 –Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- 1940 –World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London
- 2006 –The government of Sudan signs an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army.
Who were born on May 5?
- 1546 –Thomas Cecil, 1st Earl of Exeter, English politician (d. 1623)
- 1833 –Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer (d. 1905)
- 1931 –Michel Regnier, Belgian comic-book writer (Achille Talon) (d. 1999)
- 1963 –Heidi Kozak, American actress
- 1970 –Soheil Ayari, French racer
- 1978 –Bruno Cheyrou, French footballer
- 1984 –Wade MacNeil, Canadian guitarist (Alexisonfire)
- 1985 –Marcos Rogério, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 –Shoko Nakagawa, Japanese actress, illustrator and singer
- 1989 –Larissa Wilson, English actress
Who died on May 5?
- 1028 –King Alfonso V of Castile, León, and Galicia (b. 994)
- 1525 –Frederick III of Saxony (b. 1463)
- 1705 –Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1640)
- 1827 –Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (b. 1750)
- 1896 –Silas Adams, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
- 1977 –Ludwig Erhard, German politician (CDU) and Chancellor of Germany from 1963 until 1966 (b. 1897)
- 1997 –Walter Gotell, German actor (b. 1924)
- 2001 –Raymond Kessler, American midget wrestler
- 2003 –Sam Bockarie, RUF Rebel commander (b. 1964)
- 2007 –Theodore Harold Maiman, American physicist, noted for making the first working laser (b. 1927)
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